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SAMUEL D. QUIMBY, OF WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD A.LOCKE.

FRAME FOR TRAVELINGBAGS AND MAIL-POUCI-IES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,900, dated May 13, 1856.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. QUIMBY, ofVinchester, in the county of Middlesex and Sta-te of Massachusetts, haveinvented, an Improvement in Mouth Frames for Travelers Bags, or otherArticles of Like Description; and I do hereby declare that the same isfully described and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l, exhibits a top View of one ofmy improved mouth frames for a carpet bag or travelers night sack, thesaid frame being represented as entirely open. Fig. 2 is a side view ofit exhibiting it as closed. Fig. 1s an end view of it in a closed state.Fig. 4, is a transverse section of it. Fig. 5, shows an end view of abag constructed with such a frame and represented as open.

The mouth frames of ordinary bags for travelers consist of two ironframes, or bent bars hinged together so that when they are opened apart,they form in appearance, one rectangular frame. From the manner in whichthey are made and applied to t-he sac-lr or bag, a difficulty oftenexists in opening them to an extent sufficient to introduce a largearticle into the mouth of the bagthe said mouth being more or lesscontracted with reference to its entire width.

In carrying out my invention, I arrange between each of the two foldingside frames, what I term hinge extenders and gore closers, the lateralframes being hinged or jointed to said parts and arranged with referenceto them in the manner I shall now proceed to describe.

In Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, A and B, are the lateral frames or bent bars towhich the bag is to be fastened at its mouth and to which the lock ofthe bar is generally ixed. These frames are hinged to opposite sides oftwo triangular or approximately triangular gore closers and hingeextenders, plates or frames, C, D, arranged with reference to thelateral frames, A, B, as shown in the drawings; the bag being alsofastened to such gore pieces. The positions of the joints or hinges ofthe lateral frames and gore pieces are shown at, a, a, a, in thedrawings. The gore pieces may be made solid, or as open frames, in whichlat-ter case, they should be covered with .leather or other suitablematerial made to extend entirely across them. They not only serve toextend the hinges of the mouth frame apart from one another, but also toproject into or close the opening between the frames, when they arebrought together. And furthermore, they enable the bag to be opened to agreater extent, than it could be, were the lateral frames directlyhinged together without such intermediate frames or gore pieces.

A travelers bag constructed with one of my improved mouth frames will befound4 much more convenient for either the reception of large articlesor the removal of the same therefrom, than a bag made with a frame ofthe ordinary kind.

What I claim as my invention is the improved mouth frame or combinationof two folding side frames, A, B, and two hinge extenders and goreclosers C, D arranged, connected, and made to operate togethersubstantially in manner and for the purpose, as stated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature this twenty eighthday of March A. D. 1856.

S. D. QUIMBY.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

